Isle Of Wight Festival 2011: Top 10 moments

Rain didn’t stop play at the
Isle Of Wight Festival, which saw great performances from
some of the biggest acts around. These were some of the highlights…

Pixie Lott may not have been dressed for the weather but she did herself proud with her cover of Adele’s Someone Like You

10. Pixie Lott covers Adele

Whatever happened to practical fashion? At least Kate Moss turned up in wellies at a Glastonbury mud bath a few years ago. Pixie Lott didnât have the same idea down here, instead stepping out in a jump suit for a very wet main stage show on the Sunday. It was her cover of Adeleâs âSomeone Like Youâ that stood out though, so at least she has her priorities right.9. John Paul Jones joins Seasick Steve onstage

Swigging from a bottle of red, Seastick Steve told the IOW crowd that he ‘canât sing a song about wine without drinking some’. He then welcomed Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones to join him for a rendition of ‘Thunderbird’. Clearly there have been more disastrous drunken decisions made.8. Kaiser Chiefs bring out Olympic torch

Sadly for the Leeds boys, wheeling out the Olympic torch near the end of their festival show on the Friday turned out to be the most sparkling jewel in their set. And that included âRubyâ.7. Liam Gallagher âs jacket

Iggy Pop had already crawled on all fours and wiggled like a your granddad for half an hour before attempting to incite his now-traditional stage invasion. But with security having none of it and a reputation to uphold, the topless punk grabbed a shy Dave Grohl from the side of the wings for a boogie.5. Kings Of Leonâs porn star joke

Maybe itâs where the song âSex On Fireâ grew from, but Kings Of Leonâs Caleb Followill joked during his bandâs headline show that he used to be an adult entertainer of sorts . âI’ve had a lot of jobs before this,â he said to the crowd as if they were his therapists, âI was a porn star for a whileâ¦ it didn’t work outâ.4. John Lydon walks offstage

Former Sex Pistol John Lydon probably isnât someone you want to rile up too much, and the sound engineer overseeing Public Image Ltdâs Big Top show may want to hide for a while. ‘I can’t hear a f*****g thing’ growled Lydon expressing some distaste with the monitors, ‘this has to be fixed’. It wasnât long before he led the group offstage.3. Tom Jonesâ âDelilahâ has Big Top swaying

His whole set could have filled this top ten, but it was the flamenco version of âDelilahâ that had fans swaying, swooning and crooning in unison. He hasnât lost it.

2. Sweet UK comeback for Pulp

There was very little, if anything, to fault with Pulpâs live UK return . Not only had Jarvis Cocker done his homework, he also mentioned that heâd been to a local theme park as a kid: a winner with the locals. And if that and a unforgettable âCommon Peopleâ didnât win the crowd over, the sweets he dished out certainly did.